Why does Doug Landau belong to WILG, ATLA, VTLA, TLPJ, AAJ, NOSSCR and other groups that stick up for the injured and disabled ?
In addition to a lot of bar memberships, Doug pays a lot of dues and gives a lot of time to groups that may not be familiar to you. He does not join these organizations simply to “pad the resume.” He belongs because he believes that “it is important to combine forces so that injured and disabled clients and their families have a voice in the legislature, in the press and in the public forum.“
Herndon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau is a member of a number of organizations that support and lobby for injured workers’ rights, such as the American Association for Justice (AAJ); the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (TLPJ); the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (VTLA); and, WILG, the Workers Injury Law & Advocacy Group. While it is not a requirement to being included in “The Best Lawyers in America” or being one of the handful of “Super Lawyers,” Landau feels that it is important that trial lawyers and workers compensation claimants’ representatives support the groups that are effectively looking out for the workers and their families. Too many lawyers who claim they are for “the little guy” do not belong to these groups and do not support victims’ rights organizations with their time, effort or money. Virginia Trial Lawyer Doug Landau says that these pretenders, “Talk the talk, but they don’t walk the walk. There are plenty of well-funded lobbies and special interests groups that do the bidding of the insurance industry and the large corporations. But most people do not think that they will be the victims of a workplace accident or disabled due to some dangerous product or negligent person” WILG is the national non-profit membership organization dedicated to representing the interests of millions of workers and their families who, each year, suffer the consequences of workplace injuries and illnesses. At the Landau Law Shop, we support the work of WILG, AAJ, TLPJ, VTLA and other organizations (such as the Virginia and Southern Poverty Law Centers, Northern Virginia Legal Services, the Alexandria Bar Foundation, NOSSCR, etc.) by teaching, contributing, taskforcing, lobbying, writing and educating.